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Christoph Berg * Jeffrey Roden

By Peter van Cooten | June 20, 2017 - 21:37 |June 20, 2017 other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Two great ‘Contemporary Classical’ albums:

Christoph Berg‘s ‘Conversations’, released on the Sonic Pieces label.
and
Jeffrey Roden‘s Next Level Minimalism on volume 2 of “Threads of a Prayer” →

Fresco + Irissarri * Steve Pacheco * Lorenzo Montanà

By Peter van Cooten | June 14, 2017 - 20:54 |June 15, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Intercontinental Ambience:

Leandro Fresco and Rafael Anton Irisarri work together from Argentina and Washington – Steve Pacheco, from Los Angeles, publishes his album on a Belgian label – and Italian composer Lorenzo Montanà has his first American release on Projekt Records. →

Anjou * Hotel Neon * Olan Mill

By Peter van Cooten | June 9, 2017 - 20:48 |June 11, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Anyone fancy a 1000 EUR download? Check this Olan Mill release…

The recent Anjou and Hotel Neon releases are considerably more affordable, though… →

Orphax & Machinefabriek * Hüwels & Clay * Federico Mosconi

By Peter van Cooten | June 6, 2017 - 20:59 |June 7, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Two duo’s reflecting on each others work: Orphax / Machinefabriek and Stijn Hüwels / Danny Clay.

And some ‘smoke columns’ by Federico Mosconi as an encore! →

Sound Meccano + Jura Laiva * Tobias Hellkvist * No One

By Peter van Cooten | May 30, 2017 - 21:58 |May 31, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Salty Winds and Inner Fire (Sound Meccano & Jura Laiva), Forest Psalms (Tobias Hellkvist) and: music from (for?) No One →

Dronny Darko * Phonothek * Dead Melodies

By Peter van Cooten | May 24, 2017 - 20:47 |May 24, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Three releases from the Cryo Chamber label, bringing you deep ‘dark ambient’ soundscapes:

Dronny Darko, Phonothek and Dead Melodies “bringing the sound of the old world to life as it shines light on the new and dying one.”
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Fabio Perletta * Simon Fisher Turner * Mayforest

By Peter van Cooten | May 20, 2017 - 14:14 |May 20, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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“Zen does not follow the routine of reasoning, and does not mind contradicting itself or being inconsistent.”

Albums by Fabio Perletta, Simon Fisher Turner and Mayforest. →

Juha-Matti Rautianen * Bing Satellites * Bethan Kellough

By Peter van Cooten | April 30, 2017 - 12:18 |April 30, 2017 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Juha-Matti Rautianen uses his bass in an unexpected way; Bing Satellites’ generative ‘extensions’, and Bethan Kellough’s music from underground thermal activity. →

High Plains * Ceeys

By Peter van Cooten | April 26, 2017 - 20:26 |April 30, 2017 other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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High Plains (Mark Bridges and Scott ‘Loscil’ Morgan) present their album Cinderland on the Kranky label;

CEEYS (Daniel & Sebastian Selke) start their Concrete Fields trilogy exploring their Berlin birthground. →

Olivier Alary * Selffish

By Peter van Cooten | April 20, 2017 - 20:55 |April 21, 2017 ambient music, exclusives, other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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On ‘Fiction – Non-Fiction’, Olivier Alary presents a multi-faceted overview of his recent soundtrack compositions – with a special unreleased track called ‘Discipline’ as additional bonus listening on Ambientblog.

Next to that, Selffish (yes: two ff’s) presents his new album on the Serein label, which is every bit as beautiful as you’ve come to expect from this label’s output. →